Glossary
Family and Consumer Sciences Professor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential family and consumer sciences professor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key family and consumer sciences professor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in family and consumer sciences professor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- AAFCS
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
- Adjunct
- Part-time instructor.
- CFLE
- Certified Family Life Educator.
- Consumer economics
- How households spend and save.
- Cooperative extension
- University outreach programs.
- Developmentally appropriate practice
- Teaching matched to age.
- Family systems
- Families as connected units.
- FCS
- Family and consumer sciences.
- Financial literacy
- Money management skills.
- Human development
- Growth across life.
- Lab school
- Campus preschool for training.
- Life span
- Birth to old age.
- Peer review
- Expert review of research.
- Syllabus
- Course plan and policies.
- Tenure
- Permanent faculty status.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Family and Consumer Sciences Professor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Family and Consumer Sciences Professor training.
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